Drawing the Spark
Taking advantage of the force of his clash with the Giant Dragon to retreat, Lin Ming roared in a voice imbued with Dou Qi towards the other three directions of the battlefield:
"Elder Yao! Xiao Yi Xian! Zi Yan! Lend me a hand!"
"Clear!"
The three, who had been waiting for a long time and providing full support from the outside while also under immense pressure, immediately gave the most resolute response!
"Soul Storm, Ten Thousand Souls Annihilation!" Elder Yao's somewhat illusory Soul Body erupted with a final, brilliant light as he unleashed his Soul Power, restored to the Peak Eight-Star Dou Ancestor, without reservation!
It was no longer the interference and delays of before, but had transformed into a real, invisible Soul Storm!
The storm swept towards the Beast Soul that rushed towards Lin Ming and tried to rebuild their defenses. Within the storm were countless fragments of soul-severing power. Although it could not directly kill all the Beast Soul, it could make them feel as if they were trapped in a soul purgatory. Their movements were completely frozen, their souls fluctuated violently, and they let out extremely shrill howls. Their soul cores were severely damaged, and they instantly lost most of their combat power!
"The Calamity Domain, the Absolute Poison Zone!"
The Xiao Yi Xian's clear, cold voice rang out. She stopped wandering and instead hovered in mid-air, her hands forming a hand seal.
Under this seal, the gray-purple Poison Mist surrounding Xiao Yi Xian ceased its spreading attack and instead rapidly contracted and condensed inward! Ultimately, centered on her, an absolute Poison Domain, approximately ten zhang in diameter and almost pitch black in color, was formed!
Any Beast Soul that attempts to cross this Poison Domain and attack Lin Ming from the side or rear will be corroded and dissolved at a visible speed the moment it enters the domain, as if it has been doused with the strongest aqua regia. It won't even have time to scream before turning into nothingness! She used herself as a barrier to build a deadly flank defense for Lin Ming!
Zi Yan then unleashed her most ferocious dragon roar!
The Bloodline Power the Ancient Void Dragon bloodline within her body was pushed to its current limit, and her body shone with a brilliant purple-gold light. Even behind her, a blurry, infinitely majestic phantom of Primordial Void Dragon faintly appeared!
She stopped engaging with the ordinary Beast Soul and instead focused her attention on a group of high-level Beast Soul that were trying to gather together to support the crimson Giant Dragon, as well as the crimson Giant Dragon itself!
Like a Human Form tyrannosaurus, she charged directly into the area with the highest concentration of Beast Soul. Wherever her Dragon Fist struck, purple light flashed, and her domineering Dragon Emperor Pressure, mixed with terrifying power, forcefully shattered and dispersed those powerful Beast Soul! At the same time, she continuously unleashed provocative dragon roars; the suppressive force originating from the very core of her bloodline caused even the crimson Giant Dragon's movements to falter and become slightly agitated! She single-handedly cleared a relatively weak passage for Lin Ming in the chaotic battlefield, leading directly to the Black Stone Platform in the center of the lake!
The three's all-out attack instantly changed the course of the battlefield! The Beast Soul's offensive slowed down, and the crimson Giant Dragon was also restrained to varying degrees!
"Now!"
Lin Ming's eyes flashed with a sharp light, as sharp as lightning piercing the darkness, filled with a desperate determination and an unwavering belief in victory! He decisively abandoned the pointless entanglement and attrition with the blood-red Giant Dragon, channeling all the remaining Dou Qi within him into the meridians of his legs!
"Whoosh--!"
His figure seemed to merge with the wind, his speed instantly reaching an unprecedented limit, transforming into a streak of emerald light almost invisible to the naked eye! Along the path that Zi Yan had forcefully blasted open with her Dragon Fist, Lin Ming's figure flickered like a ghost, skillfully and dangerously avoiding the few weakened intercepting Dragon Breath hastily spewed out by the blood-red Giant Dragon in its agitation. With lightning speed, he instantly broke through layers of energy barriers and the dying resistance of scattered Beast Soul!
The next moment, Lin Ming's figure appeared directly above the Black Stone Platform that contained the essence of the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame! He was only inches away from the Heart Flame, which was still fluctuating violently and radiating terrifying energy and chaotic will! The scorching heat almost ignited his eyebrows, and the roars of the myriad beasts seemed to echo in his ears!
"Elder Yao, suppress its intelligence!" Lin Ming roared without hesitation, knowing full well that this was the most crucial and dangerous step that would determine victory or defeat!
"Leave it to me!"
Elder Yao's response was brief and powerful. His Soul Body, already transparent from excessive consumption, suddenly erupted with an intense, almost burning light! He was willing to sacrifice his precious Soul Origin to gain a stronger, purer Soul Power for a short period of time!
The vast, ocean-like Soul Power, amplified by the burning of its origin, was pushed to its limit. Under his precise control, it no longer dispersed but instead frantically condensed, transforming into an incomparably condensed, invisible mountain that Soul Rune!
On this mountain of souls flowed a vast and mighty force that suppressed all disobedience and tamed the will of all spirits. Carrying the experience and resolute will of Elder Yao throughout his life, it slammed down on the core consciousness of the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, which was a chaotic and violent collection of the remnants of countless Magical Beasts, with unparalleled precision and like Mount Tai pressing down!
At the same time, his withered lips opened and closed rapidly, and a series of profound and ancient, difficult-to-pronounce Soul Calming Incantation were recited in a strange rhythm.
That was not a sound, but a strange fluctuation that acted directly on the Soul Origin, like clear, cold spring water flowing over scorching magma, trying to wash away the violence in the chaotic consciousness, soothe the mania within, interfere with its judgment, and weaken its will to resist to the greatest extent possible!
Seeing this, Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan understood immediately and changed their battle strategy.
They no longer launched attacks, but instead used all the remaining power within them for defense!
Xiao Yi Xian shrank the pitch-black, poison-free domain to cover only a very small area around herself and the stone platform, but the concentration of Poison Mist increased again, like the most loyal protective wall!
Zi Yan retreated to the vicinity of the stone platform, waving her Dragon Fist. A purple-gold light screen enveloped the area where she, Lin Ming, and Elder Yao were, firmly blocking the remaining Beast Soul that had gone completely mad due to the fatal threat to the body of the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and were rushing towards it even more desperately like moths to a flame!
They were using their last strength to deliver that crucial blow for Lin Ming and Elder Yao, buying the last, most precious, second-by-second precious time!
Beset by internal and external troubles, the Spiritual Flame's already chaotic will finally showed signs of exhaustion as it was subjected to the full force of suppression and interference from Elder Yao, Myriad Beast Spirit Flame Soul Body had burned his own essence and briefly touched the edge of Dou Venerate Zun.
Externally, the enormous, blood-red Giant Dragon form, condensed from its energy, began to violently and uncontrollably fluctuate and twist, as if it were about to collapse at any moment!
The crimson light on the dragon's body flickered erratically, and the dazzling yet dangerous seven-colored halo around it also dimmed and dissipated rapidly at a visible speed, like a faded oil painting, gradually revealing the Heart Flame inside, which was more concentrated, several times smaller in size, but obviously panicked and flustered due to the attack on its core consciousness, and its light was flashing rapidly!
The time has come! Victory or defeat hinges on this moment!
Lin Ming's eyes sharpened, and all distracting thoughts were completely discarded at this moment, leaving only one thought in his mind—to extract the fire seed!
Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Ming perfectly combined and compressed his Soul Power, which had plummeted due to the continuous battles, his almost depleted Dou Qi, and the last Origin Power the Jade Profound Heart Flame, with an unprecedented degree of synergy!
This fused power did not erupt outward to create a devastating explosion, but instead remained extremely restrained, transforming into an invisible and intangible "hand blade" that emitted no radiance but contained an extreme sharpness!
This "hand chop" seemed to ignore the barriers of space and energy, and with unparalleled precision, like a scalpel in the hand of the most skilled surgeon, it pierced into the core area of Myriad Beast Spirit Flame —the source of the Origin Fire Seed —with lightning speed!
"Get out! Withdraw!"
Lin Ming let out a roar that was suppressed to the extreme, yet seemed to burst forth from all his strength!
The invisible "hand blade" suddenly grabbed and pulled at him with his will! An incredibly powerful suction and a sense of separation suddenly erupted!
A fist-sized, incomparably crimson-colored flame, seemingly formed over countless years from the purest Essence Blood of all beasts and the most primordial life force, with a dazzling, constantly flickering white-gold light pulsating like a heart at its core— the Origin Fire Seed the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame —was forcibly ripped from the massive flame body by his immense power!
"Waaaaah!!!"
The moment the fire was drawn away, the enormous blood-red Giant Dragon, and all the remaining energy of the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, seemed to have all their souls and power instantly drained away, letting out a shrill, desperate wail filled with endless resentment and bitterness!
The mournful cry resounded throughout the entire core space, even penetrating beyond the Altar and echoing!
Immediately afterwards, like a colossal beast whose spine had been removed, the massive dragon body instantly stiffened and solidified, and then collapsed with a violent Energy Ripple!
All the crimson light and the remaining seven-colored halo extinguished and collapsed at this moment, like candles flickering in the wind! They turned into countless scattered energy points that had lost all vitality and Spirituality, most of which, like weary birds returning to their nests, helplessly merged into the lake below, which was gradually calming down and turning back to its pale seven-colored hue due to the loss of its energy source.
A small portion was instinctively absorbed and devoured by the Jade Profound Heart Flame surrounding Lin Ming, replenishing his nearly depleted energy.
Having lost the spark, they also lost the absolute core of the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, which provided control and inspiration.
Those countless Beast Soul, which were originally incredibly ferocious and full of destructive attack desires, seemed to have all their ferocity, fighting spirit, and goals drained away in an instant, freezing in place and their movements stopped.
The bloodlust and ferocity in his eyes receded rapidly like the tide, replaced by an empty blankness and dazedness. His aggression decreased sharply, leaving only some instinctive, unconscious whimpers, like lost lambs, drifting aimlessly above the gradually calming lake.
Within the core space, the long-lasting, world-destroying energy storm, the roars of souls, and the frenzied collisions finally began to subside slowly and irreversibly, accompanied by the dissipation of the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame. Only the aftershocks of the annihilated energy remained, lingering slightly in the air.
Lin Ming held the crimson flame that was still flickering slightly, radiating immense Life Energy and wild soul power. He let out a long, complete sigh of relief, and a strong sense of weakness followed. But his eyes were filled with the joy and light of victory.
The seed of the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame has finally been successfully extracted!